It too more than 24 hours to arraign 17 people arrested Wednesday after a flag burning protest got out of hand near the Q.
The National Lawyers Guild of Ohio says the court didn’t receive the charging paperwork, causing the delay.
Those taken into police custody are facing numerous charges including failure to disperse and resisting arrest.
Attorney Gordon Friedman working on behalf of the National Lawyers Guild and NAACP says the people charged with misdemeanors should not have spent a night in jail.